5:53 PM,
Feb. 25, 2013

Runners come to an obstacle during last year's Pirate Plunder, a race put on by Running Zone.

Written by

Lyn Dowling
| For FLORIDA TODAY

Early Saturday morning , as the siamangs unlimber and the giraffes amble toward their habitats, hundreds - possibly thousands - of people of allages will take to pathways of the Brevard Zoo to run 1.8 miles; the youngest, with a suspiciously large and furry gecko named Zippy.

When they are finished, they will have raised more than $7,500 for the zoo in one of that community-built institution's biggest fundraising event.

The Monkey Madness 3K is one in a series of foot races that take place throughout Brevard as part of the Running Zone Race Series, which in turn is the product of the Running Zone ...